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Re: RubyMonk - ruby lessons right in your browser

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Post by wmboy »

zds wrote: post #7
inuhj wrote: post #4

It looks like codecademy.com really dropped the ball with their product. It's been a while since they released their MVP(emphasis on the 'M') and now they're being cloned left and right...while they still have yet to add a single lesson to their 30 minute introduction to javascript. Congrats on rubymonk. I'll run through it in a bit.

hi inuhj, i'm one of the cofounders of codecademy. we haven't dropped the ball - expect an announcement soon!

What I like about rubymonk is it tells you what it expected when you give a wrong answer. Codeacademy on the other hand just informs you that you were wrong and gives an extra hint (can be annoying if you perhaps, didn't understand the question properly and hence leaves you stuck on that question).

Re: RubyMonk - ruby lessons right in your browser

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Post by zds »

wmboy wrote: post #11
zds wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

hi inuhj, i'm one of the cofounders of codecademy. we haven't dropped the ball - expect an announcement soon!

What I like about rubymonk is it tells you what it expected when you give a wrong answer. Codeacademy on the other hand just informs you that you were wrong and gives an extra hint (can be annoying if you perhaps, didn't understand the question properly and hence leaves you stuck on that question).

thanks for the tip, wmboy. congrats as well to rubymonk - this is great!

Re: RubyMonk - ruby lessons right in your browser

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Post by inuhj »

zds wrote: post #7
inuhj wrote: post #4

It looks like codecademy.com really dropped the ball with their product. It's been a while since they released their MVP(emphasis on the 'M') and now they're being cloned left and right...while they still have yet to add a single lesson to their 30 minute introduction to javascript. Congrats on rubymonk. I'll run through it in a bit.

hi inuhj, i'm one of the cofounders of codecademy. we haven't dropped the ball - expect an announcement soon!

Hi zds, I'm excited to see what you guys come up with!

Re: RubyMonk - ruby lessons right in your browser

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Post by kaiwren »

zds wrote: post #13
wmboy wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What I like about rubymonk is it tells you what it expected when you give a wrong answer. Codeacademy on the other hand just informs you that you were wrong and gives an extra hint (can be annoying if you perhaps, didn't understand the question properly and hence leaves you stuck on that question).

thanks for the tip, wmboy. congrats as well to rubymonk - this is great!

zds, thank you! We're glad you like RubyMonk.

Re: RubyMonk - ruby lessons right in your browser

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Post by jwallaceparker »

ew wrote: post #2

I'm really tired of seeing Ruby tutourials online. Teaching someone Ruby doesn't teach them the first thing about getting set up with a functioning website where they can put that code to practice.

>> Teaching someone Ruby doesn't teach them the first thing about getting set up with a functioning website where they can put that code to practice.

Well there are plenty of tutorials for that, too.

Re: RubyMonk - ruby lessons right in your browser

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Post by jlees »

I liked this, but found it hard to retain my interest after the first lessons until I found the 'problems' section. I tend to learn way better when actively working on a problem and having to go look things up and learn them to advance, so I look forward to seeing more problems here.
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